Word: alain
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...Fashionistas are still gushing and cooing over Chanel Ginza - the French fashion house's brand-new showcase in the heart of Tokyo's ritziest shopping district. But what truly sets this building apart, besides the bold, Peter Marino design, is its 10th-story penthouse, the newest home of restaurateur Alain Ducasse, pictured above with his team of chefs. The youngest person ever to be awarded three Michelin stars - and the only one of his generation to receive the same accolade for two restaurants at the same time - Ducasse was handpicked by Chanel Japan president Richard Collasse to create "a contemporary...
...shock. It was just the latest sign of the utter disarray at France's most prestigious daily. Recent books and news reports have alleged gaping financial losses, shady journalism, declining circulation and staff chaos. "The values that made [Le Monde] a cathedral to free speech are gone," says Alain Rollat, a former member of the editorial board. "Now it's a ruin." That may be a tad too dire, but the rest of France's quality newspaper sector is undergoing no less cataclysmic changes...
...Plenel, 52, was part of a troika that ran Le Monde with apparent success for a decade. He made his reputation as a hard-nosed reporter. Beginning in the mid-'90s, as an investigative editor, Plenel - along with managing director Jean-Marie Colombani and board chairman Alain Minc - sought to give an aggressive edge to France's most prestigious daily, founded in 1944 as a staid "newspaper of reference." Colombani and Minc brought in outside investors, in the process reducing the staff journalists' longstanding financial control of the paper from a majority to a blocking minority. Plenel led the editorial...
...violence began with early November air strikes and counterstrikes between Ivorian and French air forces, then spiraled out of control as clashes between French troops and armed supporters of Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo left scores dead in Abidjan, the country's economic center. Toussaint Alain, an adviser to Gbagbo, told Time: "We deplore the lethal brutality of a French army behaving like an occupying force." Hundreds of British, American, Belgian, Dutch and Lebanese nationals, as well as more than 3,000 French residents were evacuated. "We are ready to fight for our freedom, to fight for our rights and liberty...
...people at a time, but the authorities are very tolerant," Gallagher says. "The police come by and smile. They know we'll leave the place cleaner than it was before." And for those who desire designer food for their picnic, there's no shortage of options. Renowned chef Alain Ducasse's bakery and gourmet food shop be (boulangerie-?picerie) makes a mouthwatering gourmet picnic box featuring vitello tonnato (cold, thinly sliced veal with fresh tuna and sauce on toasted bread), Mediterranean pasta salad, salt-and-pepper potato chips and a chocolate lollipop. At j30 it's a steal when compared...